What’s happening: The National Republican Congressional Committee withdrew about $1 million in ad reservations for the district, according to a GOP source familiar with its strategy, handing the seat to Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur. Why it matters: Kaptur’s redrawn district — which supported Trump by three points in 2020 — once looked like an easy pick for House Republicans. The GOP is now in danger of wasting another race because Republican voters qualified an extreme candidate. Details: Majewski, an Air Force veteran, is under fire for sympathizing with the QAnon conspiracy theory movement and saying that any state that supported Trump in 2020 should secede from the United States.
The AP reported this week that Majewski misstated his military service, inaccurately claiming he was deployed to Afghanistan after the 9/11 attacks. In fact, he spent six months loading planes at an air base in Qatar. The AP wrote: “His post-military career was defined by exaggeration, conspiracy theories, talk of violent action against the US government and occasional financial pressures.”
Zoom: Democrats relentlessly bash Majewski on TV for his extremist views. “He broke through the police barricades at the Capitol and then blamed the police for the riot. Now he wants to tear our country apart,” says a Kaptur ad. “He’s not just radical, he’s dangerous!”
During his campaign, Majewski ran an ad saying, “I’m willing to do whatever it takes to return this country to its former glory. And if I have to knock on doors, that’s exactly what patriots do.” House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) campaigned for Majewski last month, viewing his race as key to the party’s efforts to regain the House majority. Former President Trump did not endorse Majewski but praised him at a rally in Ohio ahead of the contentious primary.
